Barry Burden

Professor of Political Science @uwmadison. Director of @electionscenter. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan. Also

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There is too much news.

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GOP replacement of Johnson & Scalise for Jim Jordan moves the party in a more conservative and anti-establishment direction (among other things)

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Political scientists: the deadline for paper & poster proposals at the 2027 Elections, Public Opinion, & Voting Behavior (EPOVB) conference at UW-Madison are due December 1

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Spotted in Madison

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Mississippi had the lowest rating of all states on 2024 Election Performance Index https://t.co/dlBnf6OBJA https://t.co/DHLjAa8NKd

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@gronke @chrislhayes If you don’t mind putting partisan gerrymandering on steroids. And Obama would have lost in 2012 using this method.

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Dem pickups in the House look to be about the same number as in the 2018 midterm under Trump (low 40s). But what they pulled off this year is more impressive because it happened in deep red territory with few easy picks.

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Tiny silver lining for Trump: presidential approval ratings are higher under divided government https://t.co/zhJ8xkeX8Y

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2026 election set a record for the number of browser tabs I have open

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To clarify: several new split delegations will also be added!

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With Susan Collins leaving office, only 2 states — PA and WI — will have senators from opposing parties

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With Susan Collins leaving office, only 2 states — PA and WI — will have senators from opposing parties

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Of the 36 senators elected 2 terms ago in 2014, just 10 will still be in office next year (11 if Sullivan survives in AK). https://t.co/ZpYZNt0ROW

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Candidate "quality" mattered less than we thought in TX

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Dems are likely to end up with House majority size they only briefly experience once since the GOP takeover in 1994

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O'Rourke : https://t.co/hTNaERY3VF :: Talarico : Chewy

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Dems should be prepared for some frustration in the Senate when Talarico, Brown, Turek, & Andrews don’t vote the party line

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Polls did not over overstate the Democratic vote. Democratic candidates are outperforming the polls.

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These preliminary exit polls might not hold up, but this the most lopsided vote I've ever seen from young people in a national election

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Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates decided to call the race before the mainstream media!

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I am old enough to remember when Wisconsin Dems were worried about running statewide candidates from Madison and Milwaukee.